The Brookhaven leader., 1887-05-05
TOWN AND COUNTY ITEMS.


bytcrian church at this evening.
See VIM. Abshagen's new stock for the
atest and best In gents shoes.
There never was such boom of gener-
al repairing and building in Brook haven.
VIM. Abshagen has the incest aud
latest styles of shoes for the season, prices
low.
Any one wishing good teacher for IL
summer school would do well to apply
ut this Office.
CIsTERSs-A. Riggs g. Bro, PAT Dclord
street, nearby AIDES, New Orleans. Send
for price list.
Prof. X. II. Young was in to see us
Monday. He will open school Mt the
Gill school house.
Rev. e. K. Dudley preached one of his
last Sabbath morning.
You will get better bargains with quail
ity, price, etc, considered) at KohlmaD's
Great Cash House.
If you want cool, fresh, celebrating
drink, try Lewenthars ice-cold soda wa
ter, only cents glass.
The Baptist ladies will sell ice-cream
on next Saturday evening beginning at
8 o'clock. All invited.
Little Joe Hollis donkey with his back
laden with little boys, has been u recent
attraction on the streets.
Bishop Galloway went to Nashville
Friday night to attend meeting of the
college of Methodist bishops.
Congressman Fred Barry, of West Point,
stopped over Sunday evening en- route
from Texas, to visit the college ~
A. N. Summers our next Floater
Representative, was in town Saturday
and favored TIE LEADER with a call.
Mrs. Wesley Martin aud Mrs. V. C.
Harris are the joint Superintendents of
tho Juvenile Department of the W. c. 7.
u.
A splendid rain came yesterday morn
ing benefting all kinds of vegetation and
reviving tho hopes of tho farmers and
gardeners.
Messrs. Lewis II. White and c. T.
Breeder and DR.. w. p. Patterson were
among the TnE LADDERS welcome
callers last Saturday.
Mr. w. w. Williams, of Silver Greek,
q valued patron of THE LEADER, paid us
. pleasant call yesterday while en- route
home from New Orleans.
Our young friend Meredith Matthews,
Esq., q risin 6 young lawyer of the Valid
en- bar, WAS in town Tuesday and favored
rs with q pleasant call.
DE-. Ward, President of Wards Senin-
AIRY, Nashville, spent Saturday evening
in town the guest of President Fifth ugh,
OF Whitworth College.
Rev. Or. J. W. Hoyte, the noted Pres
byterisn evangelist iwhol held meeting
at this place last. spring, died suddenly of
apoplexy i'll New Orleans last Friday.
Icing unable on account of other EN-
gsgements to attend the Presby terian en-
tertainnent, we were kindly furnished i
report by an appreciative correspondent.
We regret not being able to attend the
picnic and concert at Mt. Morish last
Saturday. Business prevented. A re-
port by q correspondent will be found
elsewhere.
The ladies' Of the Wesleyan Society
will sell ice-cream and straw berries at the
Masonic Hall tomorrow evening as
usual. Price 10 cents q saucer. Give
them call.
The Presby terrain mite meeting will be
held tomorrow night IN the grove be-
tween Mrs. Storms and Mrs. Stewards.
Ice cream will be- served at 5 cents q sau-
Ger, and every body is invited.
Miss A. V. Marshall, Mrs. V. c. Harris
and Mrs. ]. w. Bennett are delegates
from the Brookhaven Woman's Christian
Temperance Uniop to the State conven-
ton, which meets in Columbus May %.
President Fitzhugh, Mrs. Bennett. Miss
Lou Gartman, Miss Sue Martin and Chas.
Heuck, Jr.. represented their respective
Sunday schools Mt the State Sunday
school Convention in Jackson this week.
A called meeting of the Good Templars
will be held Saturday night to elect off,
GERS and appoint delegates to the Grand
Lodge which meets in Jackson May 9th.
All members are urgently requested to
attend.
The Band of Hope Of this place give an
entertainment on May Goth. All men,
bers Of the Band and other boys and girls
willing to participate, are invited to meet
Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Martin at Heuck's
Hall Saturday evening at o'clock to
begin arranging the program.
The members of the Presbyterian
church at this place have plan on foot
to run an excursion from Yazoo City to
the Seashore Campmeetlng this year
similar to the one run by the Hazlehurst
church last year. A competent COM
mittee have the matter in charge.
Prof Gillespie and our talented Brook
haven amateurs presented "The Lady of
Lyons" to large and highly cultured
Jackson audience Tuesday night, and
added fresh laureIs IN the reputation of